Pushchairs: Compare features & prices

Side-by-side comparison

Weight (kg)
Pushchair only, without accessories.

Suitable for use from birth?
An excellent pushchair reclines to more than 150 degrees which is best for newborn babies. A satisfactory pushchair seat reclines to more than 120 degrees which is the minimum recline to be suitable from birth in the UK. Other pushchairs are not suitable from birth.

Reversible seat unit
Whether the seat unit can face backwards towards the pusher or forwards

Folding Method
What method of folding is used

Number of back rest positions
How many positions the backrest can be set in

Number of leg rest positions
How many positions the leg rest can be set in

Car seat Compatible
These pushchairs can be used with a car seat. Inclusion of the car seat here does not mean that it too is a Best Buy. However it will not have been awarded a Don't Buy status in our test.

Car seat included in price
Some car seats are included in the price, others are sold separately.

General Ease of Use
How the pushchair works overall, including the settling the child into the pushchair and adjusting the harness, lifting and moving it when folded, cleaning, using the brakes and storing it.

Manouvreability
How easy the pushchair is to handle on pavements, bumpy ground, up and down kerbs and stairs and around obstacles.

Rough terrain
How easy it is to handle the pushchair on very rough and bumpy grass

Comfort to push
How comfortable users found the handle to hold and the pushchair to push. Applies only to pushchairs tested for 2008 onwards.

Storage
How useful the storage space is.

Reclining
How easy the seat is to recline and adjust.

Folding
How easy the pushchair is to fold and unfold.

Use on public transport
How easy the pushchair is to use on escalators and buses. Applies to pushchairs tested for 2008 onwards.

Car seat attachment
How easy it is to attach and detach compatible accessories such as child car seats and carrycots

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